Double-lock (v. t.) To lock with two bolts |
Glass-rope (n.) A remarkable vitreous sponge, of the genus Hyalonema, first brought from Japan. It has a long stem, consisting of a bundle of long and large, glassy, siliceous fibers, twisted together. |
Guess rope () A guess warp. |
Guest rope () The line by which a boat makes fast to the swinging boom. |
Lock (n.) A tuft of hair |
Lock (n.) Anything that fastens |
Lock (n.) A fastening together or interlacing |
Lock (n.) A place from which egress is prevented, as by a lock. |
Lock (n.) The barrier or works which confine the water of a stream or canal. |
Lock (n.) An inclosure in a canal with gates at each end, used in raising or lowering boats as they pass from one level to another |
Lock (n.) That part or apparatus of a firearm by which the charge is exploded |
Lock (n.) A device for keeping a wheel from turning. |
Lock (n.) A grapple in wrestling. |
Lock (v. t.) To fasten with a lock, or as with a lock |
Lock (v. t.) To prevent ingress or access to, or exit from, by fastening the lock or locks of |
Lock (v. t.) To fasten in or out, or to make secure by means of, or as with, locks |
Lock (v. t.) To link together |
Lock (v. t.) To furnish with locks |
Lock (v. t.) To seize, as the sword arm of an antagonist, by turning the left arm around it, to disarm him. |
Lock (v. i.) To become fast, as by means of a lock or by interlacing |
Lock-down (n.) A contrivance to fasten logs together in rafting |
Lock hospital () A hospital for the treatment of venereal diseases. |
Lock step () A mode of marching by a body of men going one after another as closely as possible, in which the leg of each moves at the same time with the corresponding leg of the person before him. |
Lock stitch () A peculiar sort of stitch formed by the locking of two threads together, as in the work done by some sewing machines. See Stitch. |
Lock-weir (n.) A waste weir for a canal, discharging into a lock chamber. |
Rope (n.) A large, stout cord, usually one not less than an inch in circumference, made of strands twisted or braided together. It differs from cord, line, and string, only in its size. See Cordage. |
Rope (n.) A row or string consisting of a number of things united, as by braiding, twining, etc. |
Rope (n.) The small intestines |
Rope (v. i.) To be formed into rope |
Rope (v. t.) To bind, fasten, or tie with a rope or cord |
Rope (v. t.) To connect or fasten together, as a party of mountain climbers, with a rope. |
Rope (v. t.) To partition, separate, or divide off, by means of a rope, so as to include or exclude something |
Rope (v. t.) To lasso (a steer, horse). |
Rope (v. t.) To draw, as with a rope |
Rope (v. t.) To prevent from winning (as a horse), by pulling or curbing. |
Rope's-end (v. t.) To punish with a rope's end. |
Rope-yarn (n.) the yarn or thread of any stuff of which the strands of a rope are made. |
Top-rope (n.) A rope used for hoisting and lowering a topmast, and for other purposes. |
rope-a-dope | a boxing tactic: pretending to be trapped against the ropes while your opponent wears himself out throwing punches |
jump rope | a child's game or a cardiopulmonary exercise in which the player jumps over a swinging rope |
lock | any wrestling hold in which some part of the opponent's body is twisted or pressured |
airlock air lock | a chamber that provides access to space where air is under pressure |
anchor chain anchor rope | the chain or rope that attaches an anchor to a vessel |
combination lock | lock that can be opened only by turning dials in a special sequence |
cylinder lock | a lock in which a cylinder rotates to move a bolt, tumblers are pins, inserting the key lifts and aligns the pins to free the cylinder to rotate |
guide rope | a rope used to guide the movement of the load of a crane |
guy guy cable guy wire guy rope | a cable, wire, or rope that is used to brace something (especially a tent) |
hangman's rope hangman's halter halter hemp hempen necktie | a rope that is used by a hangman to execute persons who have been condemned to death by hanging |
jump rope skip rope skipping rope | a length of rope (usually with handles on each end) that is swung around while someone jumps over it |
lever lock | a lock whose tumblers are levers that must be raised to a given position so that the bolt can move |
lock | a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed |
lock ignition lock | a restraint incorporated into the ignition switch to prevent the use of a vehicle by persons who do not have the key |
lock lock chamber | enclosure consisting of a section of canal that can be closed to control the water level, used to raise or lower vessels that pass through it |
lock | a mechanism that detonates the charge of a gun |
lock-gate | a gate that can be locked |
lockring lock ring lock washer | washer that prevents a nut from loosening |
R- Mexican valium rophy rope roofy roach forget me drug circle | street names for flunitrazepan |
ridge rope | either of a pair of lifelines running alongside the bowsprit of a ship |
rope | a strong line |
rope bridge | a bridge consisting of ropes |
rope ladder | a ladder with side pieces of rope |
rope tow | a ski tow offering only a moving rope to hold onto |
ropewalk rope yard | workplace consisting of a long narrow path or shed where rope is made |
rope yarn | the strands out of which ropes are made |
safety bolt safety lock | a bolt that cannot be moved from outside the door or gate |
safety catch safety lock | guard consisting of a locking device that prevents a weapon from being fired |
sash fastener sash lock window lock | a lock attached to the sashes of a double hung window that can fix both in the shut position |
towline towrope towing line towing rope | (nautical) a rope used in towing |
vapor lock vapour lock | a stoppage in a pipeline caused by gas bubbles (especially a stoppage that develops in hot weather in an internalombustion engine when fuel in the gas line boils and forms bubbles that block the flow of gasoline to the carburetor) |
wheel lock | an obsolete gunlock using flint and a revolving wheel |
lock curl ringlet whorl | a strand or cluster of hair |
scalp lock | a long tuft of hair left on top of the shaven head |
ropemaker rope-maker roper | a craftsman who makes ropes |
lock-up option | an option to buy the crown jewels offered to a white knight in order to forestall a hostile takeover |
rope burn | abrasion (usually on the hands) caused by friction from a rope |
lock | become rigid or immoveable, The therapist noticed that the patient's knees tended to lock in this exercise |
rope in | draw in as if with a rope, lure, The agent had roped in several customers |
rope leash | fasten with a rope, rope the bag securely |
rope up | attach to one another, for safety, The mountaineers roped up when they started the final ascent |
lock in lock away lock put away shut up shut away lock up | place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape, The parents locked her daughter up for the weekend, She locked her jewels in the safe |
lock in seal in | close with or as if with a tight seal, This vacuum pack locks in the flavor! |
lock | fasten with a lock, lock the bike to the fence |
lock up | secure by locking, lock up the house before you go on vacation |
engage mesh lock operate | keep engaged, engaged the gears |
rope in rope off cordon off | divide by means of a rope, The police roped off the area where the crime occurred |
lasso rope | catch with a lasso, rope cows |
interlock lock | become engaged or intermeshed with one another, They were locked in embrace |
lock interlock interlace | hold in a locking position, He locked his hands around her neck |